from Toll (1962a)

case

Small (≤5 mm) tubular silken case, decorated with some length rows of fine sand grains. The case is tri-valved, mouth angle c. 45°.

hostplants

Asteraceae, narrowly monophagous

Galatella linosyris.

A reference by Szőcz (1981a) of “Aster punctatus” (= Galatella sedifolia) possibly applies to C. galatellae.

phenology

Larvae from June to September Hering (1957a).

BENELUX

Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

distribution within Europe

From Germany to Italy, Croatia and Hungary (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

references

Baldizzone (1983d), Biesenbaum (1997a), Biesenbaum & van der Wolf (1999a), Hering (1928a, 1957a), Nel (1992c), Suire (1961a), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a), Toll (1962a).

08/02/2017